节目资讯
刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2013-07-05
难易度:Medium
关键字:pregnant, multiple, household, grateful, supervision, coordinate
Hello, and welcome to Studio Classroom.
My name is Gabe.
And my name is Carolyn.
And you're joining us for the second day of our lesson about Christian Salvation
Service and they are celebrating life, especially this week.
It's their 30th anniversary this year, and so this week, they are celebrating.
If you joined us yesterday, then you know who Paula is.
She was here in the studio.
And she is one of the founders of Christian Salvation Service.
And of course, they are an organization that helps women and children in crisis
or in difficult times.
Now I wonder if you have ever considered adopting a child.
That's what this organization does.
They have children that need to be adopted sometimes.
So Carolyn, would you consider adopting a child?
Well, I'm not married, and I'm not expecting to have any children any time soon.
But I think that adoption is a great option for parents who are looking for
having their own family and they want to help children who are in crisis and
need a good home.
That's right.
I know many friends who have adopted children, and I think it's a wonderful
thing.
I like the adoption option.
Well, it's time for us to get started learning more about some of these people,
some of these kids who were adopted out of Christian Salvation Service to
various countries.
Let's get started learning about Alison first.
(Music).
Christian Salvation Service Celebrates Life.
Alison - born in 1984, lives in the USA.
With a junior high school education, Alison's teenage mother left home to work
and live in a factory.
It was fun and exciting at first to be away from her parent's supervision.
However, she soon found herself pregnant.
With the help of a CSS counselor, the young mother and her parents placed her
baby in a loving and prepared home.
A common story in the 80s for many, including Alison's mom.
Alison does social networking and design for a network of children's clinics and
hospitals.
Her passion for dancing has led to her involvement in many productions.
One production in particular, coordinated by multiple dance studios, uses its
proceeds to make the wishes of seriously ill children come true.
Well, it looks like Alison is returning the favor that was given to her by
Christian Salvation Service.
Let's go back to the beginning here.
Born in 1984, lives in the USA.
So we're talking about Alison here.
This is when she was born.
With a junior high school education, Alison's teenage mother left home to work
and live in a factory.
That sounds normal so far.
Yes, it does.
It sounds like a pretty common situation.
You need to make money working, and so you go to live and work in a factory so
that you're very close to where you need to work.
And we find out that it was fun and exciting at first to be away from her
parent's supervision.
So she was away from her parents.
They couldn't supervise her or tell her what she should and shouldn't do to
watch out for her.
That's right.
So she's away from their supervision.
However, she soon found herself pregnant.
OK. We have a key word in that sentence there: pregnant.
Now we learned a similar word yesterday - pregnancy.
That's the state of being pregnant.
But here is an adjective.
When you have a child growing inside of you, you are pregnant.
That's right.
So she is going to have a baby; and this can be very scary for a young teenager.
We read on:
With the help of a CSS counselor, the young mother and her parents placed her
baby in a loving and prepared home.
That's right.
So they placed her in that home.
OK. And this is a common story in the 80s for many, including Alison's mom.
All right. So this didn't just happen once or twice.
This probably happened a lot.
It was a common story.
Well, how does it continue, Carolyn?
Well, we continue learning about what Alison is doing now.
Alison does social networking and design for a network of children's clinics and
hospitals.
So she is really trying to help children who are in need now.
Well, as I said before, it seems like Alison is returning the favor.
That means that someone did something nice for her, and she's doing it for other
people.
She's paying it forward.
She is involved in something great here.
Now let's continue learning about Alison.
Her passion for dancing has led her... has led to her involvement in many
productions.
So she's gotten involved in lots of shows.
That's right.
We learned that word "production" yesterday when we were talking about David who
enjoyed singing in the high school productions.
And here she is in dancing productions, so not singing.
But dancing also can be a production.
And one production in particular, coordinated by multiple dance studios, uses
its proceeds to make the wishes of seriously ill children come true.
This sounds like a very great cause, Gabe.
I think so, too.
So she's involved in some productions.
And these productions are helping other people, especially children here.
OK. Let's talk about this word from our World Bank.
It is "multiple." We're talking about something that was coordinated by multiple
dance studios.
That means more than one.
How could you use this word?
Well, multiple does mean that there is more than one of something.
You might say, "I have multiple pairs of shoes in my closet." I don't have just
one pair.
I have several pairs, or multiple pairs.
And I believe you, Carolyn.
I believe you do have multiple pairs of shoes.
I have one pair.
Well, how else could you use that word?
Maybe it's the winter, and it's really cold.
You should wear multiple layers when you go out.
Or you could say: You know, I like your advice; actually, multiple people gave
me the same advice.
Many people gave me the same advice.
That's right.
Well, these dance studios, the multiple dance studios use the proceeds (so the
money they make from these productions or performances),
to help seriously ill children and make their wishes come true.
So there are several organizations around the world and especially in the United
States that try to help children who are sick,
have their dreams come true or their wishes, something very special that they
really wish would happen, come true.
And I think this is a great cause, especially for a production company like this
to do.
Well, I want to talk about a sentence earlier in the lesson here.
A common story in the 80s for many, including Alison's mom.
I wonder if you notice anything special about that sentence.
It doesn't seem complete.
And that is OK.
There is no verb in this sentence.
But this sentence is emphasizing something.
It's emphasizing that this is a common story.
Sometimes it's OK to do that when you're writing, but not on a regular basis.
Don't get used to writing without verbs.
Right now it's time for us to learn something new with Michelle in the Language
Lab.